Turkey’s Erdogan says government will not get riled over ‘provocations’ by opposition

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that his government would not get worked up over what he described as “provocations” by the main opposition, after the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu triggered the biggest anti-government protests in the country in over a decade.

Speaking to his ruling Ak Party lawmakers in parliament in Ankara, Erdogan said it was the main opposition members who had brought information and documents forming